Tuesday, February 01, 2005

Researchers Urge New Treatments for Homeless Scripp Howard News Service story reprinted at PsycPORT - "Among people suffering from mental illness, up to 15 percent are homeless, according to a new study. At the same time, government mental-health experts noted that up to half of all people with mental illness also have substance-abuse problems. They issued new guidelines calling for simultaneous treatment of both problems. The study linking mental illness and homelessness appears Tuesday in the February issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry. Researchers at the University of California-San Diego examined the housing status of more than 10,000 people with serious mental illness treated by San Diego County Adult Mental Health Services in 1999 to 2000."